"Leo Fuld - The King of Yiddish Music" - Leo Fuld

• artist:
  Leo Fuld
• featured artist:
  Leo Fuld
• country:
  Israel
• region:
  Orient
• release year:
  2007
• style(s): Arabesk Klezmer
• formats:
  • CD (Compact Disc)
• record submitted by:
  Rebel Records
• label:
  Rebel Records
• publisher:
  Rebel Records
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Re-release of that great Yiddish album The Legend.

The Gueardian: Suddenly, Fuld was a star again. Sony gave him a contract, and he was taken to meet the Dutch royal family. Sadly, however, he died a few months after the release of The Legend, aged 84. He went out on a high, with a new following and a new wife.
The fusion of the heartfelt sounds of Yiddish and the Arab Middle East resonate still in Leo Fuld's work.

Songlines: A thorough rehabilitation of the Jewish standard songbook!

Morton Gold: I later learned that he was 84 years young when he recorded these songs! All of his artistry was still there however. In many of these songs he resorted to a kind of melodic declaiming. His diction was always crystal clear, whether in Yiddish or in the occasional English lyric.

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